Regional Anniversary Days
A little confused on payroll and Regional Anniversaries? We asked Smartly to break down the details.
Regional anniversary days can now be automatically added to your payroll – the same as other public holidays, like Christmas Day. In the Employee Details screen, you’ll find a field for you to choose your employee’s regional anniversary day. Once chosen, the relevant regional anniversary entitlements will be automatically added to that employee when the anniversary rolls around. Easy as!
If you need to make a change to any of your employees in this screen, you will also need to either choose a region or select Not Specified as it is a mandatory field to save the page.
How do I know which regional anniversary my employee is entitled to?
In New Zealand, there are 12 regional anniversary days, but there are 16 regions across the country. To make sure your employees are assigned to the correct regional anniversary day, we’ve created a helpful table below:
| Regional anniversary day | Code | Regions that celebrate the anniversary |
|---|---|---|
| Not Specified | N/A | None - you may use this if your employees are contractors and aren't entitled to statutory holidays |
| Auckland | AKL | Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, as well as some parts of the Manawatu-Wanganui and Hawke's Bay regions north of Owhango |
| Canterbury (South) | CANS | South Canterbury - the area of the Canterbury region bounded by the Rangitata River to the north and the Waitaki River to the south |
| Canterbury | CAN | The central east coastal area of the South Island |
| Chatham Islands | CHAT | The Chatham Islands Territory - the group of ten islands that lies 350km east of the South Island of New Zealand |
| Hawke's Bay | HAW | Hawke's Bay region south of Owhango |
| Marlborough | MAR | Marlborough |
| Nelson | NEL | Nelson and Tasman |
| Otago | OTA | Otago |
| Southland | STH | Southland |
| Taranaki | TAR | Taranaki |
| Wellington | WEL | Wellington, Wairarapa, Horowhenua, Manawatu and Tararua |
| Westland | WES | West Coast |
For more information check out Employment NZ’s public holidays and anniversary dates, and Te Ara’s provincial anniversary days map.
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